Nate Silver, formerly of 538, believes Biden should drop out.

  • Funderpants @lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    This drop out framing also only applies to Biden. Trump says dumb outrageous shit all the time and is an actual criminal, and the framing is almost always “will this help or hurt his chances”. Biden has a sore throat or whatever and the pundit class can’t type their resign now pieces fast enough.

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      4 months ago

      I think it’s funny how folks think a sore throat causes one to jump from Abortion to an anecdote on Immigration mid-sentence. The copium is astounding.

      • Coach@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        It’s ridiculous. Shit, I’d vote for a literal and figurative vegetable over Trump, but damn Biden failed miserably last night. Anyone who thinks anything different is simply delusional.

        I do agree the DNC should be exploring an alternate candidate, as they should be very, very fucking concerned about President Biden’s ability to perform the most basic functions of his job. I don’t know who the answer is - my personal preference remains Bernie and I think he would be an easy sell - but they must take his performance really fucking seriously. He must take his performance really fucking seriously. Russia and China both are.

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          4 months ago

          Well said. I wish Bernie was 20 years younger and I’d agree on that as well. Personally, at this point, I just think they need to be young-ish, and half-ways charismatic and they’d ride off the viral media energy of being a fresh face in what is an American idol popularity contest. Whitmer at this point would be my preference.

          This is such a huge opportunity for Democrats to take back the narrative and steal all the energy in the room.